Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Independent: 579 Films to Rent
Down in the Valley (2005)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. David Jacobson
Feat. Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse…
- Slow–burn yet layered and intense drama has Edward Norton in fine form as a delusional 'cowboy' who charms his way into trouble via the heart…
Duane Hopwood (2005)
- Dir. Matt Mulhern
Feat. David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofalo
- Low–key slice–of–life indie film that mixes comedy and drama to subtly get its point across that alcoholism can affect anyone.…
Factotum (2005)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Bent Hamer
Feat. Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei…
- The most droll and tender adaptation of Charles Bukowski's fiction to date has a stocky Matt Dillon chronicle the meandering adventures of 'Hank…
Great New Wonderful, The (2005)
- Dir. Danny Leiner
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer…
- New York City drama centered around five interweaving stories all of which exhibit a distinctive characteristic of a changing society post–911.…
Havoc (2005)
- Dir. Barbara Kopple
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Freddy RodrÃguez…
- Two pretty teenage girls in Los Angeles (Hathaway, Phillips) become impatient with the wannabe–gangsta antics of their high–school…
Jewboy (2005)
- Dir. Tony Krawitz
Feat. Ewen Leslie
- A young Rabbi–in–training struggles with the oppression of the strict Hasidic–Jewish faith, tail–spinning into a world of…
Junebug (2005)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Phil Morrison
Feat. Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams…
- An enchanting indie gem about an art–dealer whose pursuit of an 'outsider artist' in backwoods North Carolina prompts various life crises,…
Last Days (2005)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento
- A questionable meditation on a besieged, drug–addled rock–star, clearly modelled on Kurt Cobain, as he inhabits a remote, decaying…
Lie With Me (2005)
- Dir. Clement Virgo
Feat. Lauren Lee Smith, Eric Balfour
- Honest, if ultimately limited, study of sexual connection and consummation between two emotionally–confused twentysomethings in…
Lonesome Jim (2005)
- Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Liv Tyler, Casey Affleck, Seymour Cassel…
- Another droll indie gem from actor–turned–director Buscemi (TREES LOUNGE), here charting the apathetic trajectory of a listless…